DR SCOMA IS A BOARD CERTIFIED COLON AND RECTAL SURGEON WITH OVER THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF INTESTINAL,COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY. HE HAS A WIDE EXPERIENCE IN MEDICOLEGAL PROBLEMS AND EVALUATING CHARTS,RECORDS,OPERATIVE REPORTS DEPOSITIONS,PEER REVIEW PROBLEMS AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
A FEE SCHEDULE AND CURRICULUM VITAE IS AVAILABLE.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: BOARD CERTIFIED COLON AND RECTAL SURGEON AND
BOARD CERTIFIED GENERAL SURGEON LICENCED IN CALIFORNIA WITH OVER THIRTY YEARS IN PRACTISE.FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLLEGE OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SOCIETY OF THE AMERCAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS
SAN DIEGO SURGICAL SOCIETY
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO RETIRED
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: NO
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: ABOUT FIFTY TIMES OVER THE LASTSIX OR SEVEN YEARS
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: FAILURE TO DIAGNOSS
INCONTINENCE AFTER SURGERY
COMPLICATIONS FROM INTESTINAL SURGERY
SURGICAL NEGLIGENSE
COMPLICATIONS FROM COLONOSCOPY
WOUND INFECTIONS
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: FIFTY PER CENT
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: FIFTY PERCENT
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: ABOUT TEN TO FIFTEEN TIMES
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: FEBRUARY 2005
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: ONE TIME
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: CONSULTING,CASE REVIEWS,REPORTS MEDICAL/SURGICAL EXAMINATIONS, REVIEW OF CASE MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS,PEER REVIEW PROBLEMS, CREDENTIALING,
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 350 DOLLARS PER HOUR OR PARTS THEREOF AT HALF HOUR SEGMENTS
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 350 dollars
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: 500 dollars-minimum two hours
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 2000 dollars per day
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: travel expenses business class air and hotel.copy fees, research of literature,
References
Jonathan MusgroveLotz, Doggett & Rawers, LLP
750 B Street; Suite 1220
San Diego, CA 92101
TEL: 619-233-5565
FAX: 619-233-5564
Joseph Rouselle
Joseph L. Rouselle, Jr. Esq., LLP
P.O. Box 31
800 West Deleon Street
Tampa, FL 33601-0031
TEL: 813-254-6122
FAX: 813-849-2891
Sheila Trexler
Neil, Dymott, Perkins, Brown & Frank
1010 Second Ave; Suite 2500
San Diego, CA 92101-4906
TEL: 619-238-1712
FAX: 619-238-1562
Mike Niel
Neil, Dymott, Perkins, Brown & Frank
1010 Second Ave; Suite 2500
San Diego, CA 92101-4906
TEL: 619-238-1712
FAX: 619-238-1562
Barry Berger
The Maierson Law Firm, P.C.
1914 North Memorial Way
Houston, TX 77007
TEL: 713-961-4460
FAX: 713-813-1033
CEL: 713-906-0381
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